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Effect of Doxorubicin on the Near-Infrared Optical Properties of Indocyanine Green

[Image: see text] In recent years, chemo-photothermal therapy (chemo-PTT) has been extensively studied for the upgradation of cancer treatment. The combined therapeutic approach reduces the overall cytotoxicity and enhances the therapeutic effect against the cancerous cells. In chemo-PTT, Indocyanin...

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Autores principales: Jaiswal, Saumya, Dutta, Surjendu Bikash, Nayak, Debasis, Gupta, Sharad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8697409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05500
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Sumario:[Image: see text] In recent years, chemo-photothermal therapy (chemo-PTT) has been extensively studied for the upgradation of cancer treatment. The combined therapeutic approach reduces the overall cytotoxicity and enhances the therapeutic effect against the cancerous cells. In chemo-PTT, Indocyanine green (ICG) dye, a near-infrared chromophore, is used for PTT in combination with doxorubicin (DOX), a chemotherapeutic drug. ICG and DOX work very efficiently in synergy against cancer. However, the effect of DOX on the optical properties of ICG has not been studied yet. Here, for the first time, we report the effect of DOX on the optical properties of ICG in detail. DOX interacts with ICG and induces the aggregation of ICG even at a low concentration. The coincubation of both the molecules causes H and J aggregations in ICG. However, the J aggregation becomes more prominent with an increasing DOX concentration. These findings suggest that the optical properties of ICG change upon incubation with the DOX, which might affect the efficacy of PTT.